The Bennington School of the Dance by McPherson, Elizabeth -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Foreword by Charles Reinhart Acknowledgments Foreword by Charles Reinhart Preface Introduction 1

Bennington: An Historic Milepost

Martha Hill’s Recollection

HILL’S BIOGRAPHY HILL’S ACCOUNT2

1933: Planning the School

Mary Josephine Shelly’s Recollection

SHELLY’S BIOGRAPHY SHELLY’S ACCOUNT4

Setting the Scene Origin Before the Beginning

Summer of 1934: The Beginning

Mary Josephine Shelly’s Recollection4 Sybil Shearer (1912–2005)

SHEARER’S BIOGRAPHY SHEARER’S LETTERS

Letter 1: 1934 undated, from Bennington, Vermont Letter 2: July 19, 1934 Letter 3: July 21, 1934 from Bennington, Vermont Letter 4: July 30, 1934 from Bennington, Vermont Letter 5: July 31, 1934 from Bennington, Vermont Letter 6: August 7, 1934 from Bennington, Vermont

Facts and Figures, 1934

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum Select Concerts, Demonstrations and Events

Summer of 1935: The Workshop Began

Mary Jo Shelly’s Recollection2 Ruth Lloyd’s Recollection

LLOYD’S BIOGRAPHY LLOYD’S ACCOUNT6

Facts and Figures, 1935

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum General Program Workshop Program Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1936: The First Festival

Mary Jo Shelly’s Recollection3 May O’Donnell’s Recollection

O’DONNELL’S BIO O’DONNELL’S ACCOUNT5

Facts and Figures, 1936

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum General Program Workshop Program Program in Choreography Program in Music Composition for the Dance Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1937: The Final Workshop Program, the Fellowships

Mary Jo Shelly’s Recollection2 Helen Alkire’s Recollection

ALKIRE’S BIOGRAPHY ALKIRE’S ACCOUNT3

Facts and Figures, 1937

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum General Program Workshop Program Program in Choreography Program in Music for the Dance Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1938: Culmination of a Plan, or “the Year of the Tent”

Mary Jo Shelly’s Recollection2 Jeanne Hays Beaman’s Recollection

BEAMAN’S BIOGRAPHY BEAMAN’S ACCOUNT3

Facts and Figures, 1938

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum General Program Professional Program Program in Choreography Program in Music for the Dance Program in Stage Design for the Dance Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1939: From East to West

Mary Jo Shelly’s Recollection3 Anna Halprin’s Recollection

HALPRIN’S BIOGRAPHY HALPRIN’S ACCOUNT4

Facts and Figures, 1939

Select Students Other Courses Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1940: First Summer of the School of the Arts

Director’s Report2 by Mary Josephine Shelly

THE COMMUNITY THE CURRICULUM PROVISIONS FOR COLLABORATION THE FESTIVAL

Ann Hutchinson Guest’s Recollection

GUEST’S BIOGRAPHY GUEST’S ACCOUNT5

Facts and Figures, 1940

Select Students and Apprentice Company Members Faculty and Curriculum Dance Drama Music Theatre Design Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1941: Last Summer of the School of the Arts

Director’s Report2 by Mary Josephine Shelly

THE SCHOOL OF THE DANCE: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, 1934–1938 THE SCHOOL OF THE DANCE AT MILLS COLLEGE, 1939 THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, 1940–1941

Joseph Gifford’s Recollections

GIFFORD’S BIOGRAPHY GIFFORD’S ACCOUNT3

Facts and Figures, 1941

Select Students Faculty and Curriculum Dance Division Dance Courses Offered Drama Division Drama Courses Offered Music Division Music Courses Offered (instructors unknown other than above) Theatre Design Division Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Summer of 1942: Bennington College Summer Session

John Martin’s Recollection

MARTIN’S BIOGRAPHY MARTIN’S REPORT3

Concert Schedule Martha Graham’s Project

Hortense Lieberthal Zera’s Recollection

ZERA’S BIOGRAPHY ZERA’S ACCOUNT

Facts and Figures, 1942

Select Dance Students and Company Members Faculty and Curriculum Dance Courses Music Courses Graphic and Plastic Arts Courses Government, Economics, and Science Courses Select Concerts, Demonstrations, and Events

Looking Back: Group Discussion on the Bennington School of the Dance, 1959

Biographies

MODERATORS PARTICIPANTS

The Discussion1

Recollections and Anecdotes

On Arriving

DAVID ZELLMER ALWIN NIKOLAIS

The Atmosphere and Campus

HELEN PRIEST ROGERS THEODORA WIESNER NORMAN LLOYD

Dancers’ Attire: Early Leotards

RUTH LOVELL MURRAY HERMINE SAUTHOFF DAVIDSON

Competition Between the Choreographers and Their Students

DOROTHY BIRD (VILLARD) CHARLES WEIDMAN VIVIAN FINE MARTHA HILL

Intersections Between Physical Education and Professional Dance

THEODORA WIESNER HERMINE SAUTHOFF DAVIDSON ELEANOR LAUER GERTRUDE SHURR DOROTHY BIRD (VILLARD) HANYA HOLM

Remembering the Faculty: Martha Graham

ETHEL BUTLER THEODORA WIESNER SOPHIE MASLOW

Remembering the Faculty: Martha Hill

DORIS HUMPHREY BESSIE SCHÖNBERG HERMINE SAUTHOFF DAVIDSON

Remembering the Faculty: Hanya Holm

CLAUDIA MOORE (READ) NANCY MCKNIGHT HAUSER EVE GENTRY (HENRIETTA GREENHOOD)

Remembering the Faculty: Louis Horst

ALWIN NIKOLAIS MARIAN VAN TUYL CAMPBELL HELEN KNIGHT

Remembering the Faculty: Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman

CLAUDIA MOORE (READ) MARY SHAW SCHLIVEK ELEANOR LAUER

Remembering the Faculty: Arch Lauterer

ALWIN NIKOLAIS

Thoughts on the Relationship of Music and Dance

NORMAN LLOYD OTTO LUENING

Experiencing the Bennington School of the Dance from a Child’s Perspective

CHARLES HUMPHREY WOODFORD

Performance and Post-performance Stories

BESSIE SCHÖNBERG HELEN PRIEST (ROGERS) LIONEL NOWAK

Lasting Impressions and Overall Legacy

CHARLES WEIDMAN MARTHA GRAHAM BEN BELITT EUGENE LORING JEAN ERDMAN SOPHIE MASLOW ELEANOR LAUER GERTRUDE SHURR MARTHA HILL ALWIN NIKOLAIS

Epilogue

Postscript to the Bennington School of the Dance Legacy Final Words

Appendix A

Timeline of Dance Premieres and Other Historic Events

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

Appendix B

Students, Faculty/Staff and Audiences, 1934 to 1942

Appendix C

Biographies of Contributors of Recollections

Chapter Notes

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Epilogue

Bibliography List of Names and Terms

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